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Helmut Käutner

German film director and actor (1908-1980) · Germany · On the map · Directors · Died at 72

Helmut Käutner was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He entered the film industry at the end of the Weimar Republic and released his first films as a director in Nazi Germany.

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1980Died20 April 19801977Eichholz & SöhneSeries, Franz Schadow1976Das ist Ihr LebenSeries1974DerrickSeries, Director1972Temptation in the Summer WindFilm, Professor1971Die Frau in WeißSeries, Sir Frederic Fairlie1970Scene of the CrimeSeries, Robert Kemm1968Grimme-PreisAwardEin Mann namens Harry BrentSeries, 1968Sir Gordon Towns1964Grimme AwardSeriesLausbubengeschichtenFilm, 1964Director1963Blick zurück im FilmSeries1962RedheadFilm, Director, Writer1961Black GravelFilm, Director, Writer1959A Stranger in My ArmsFilm, Director1957Goodbye, Francesca!Film, Writer1956Berliner KunstpreisAward1955Ludwig IIFilm, Director1954Portrait of an Unknown WomanFilm, Director, Writer1952Nights on the RoadFilm, Writer1951German Film AwardSeries1948BambiSeriesFilm Without TitleFilm, 1948Writer, Producer1946Under the BridgesFilm, Director, Writer1944Port of FreedomFilm, Director, Writer1942AnushkaFilm, Director, Writer1940Clothes Make the ManFilm, Director, Writer1908Born25 March 1908

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140 credits on file

Television 12

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Grimme-Preis1968
Berliner Kunstpreis1956
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

About this person

Käutner is relatively unknown outside of Germany, although he is considered one of the best filmmakers in German film history. He was one of the most influential film directors of German post-war cinema and became known for his sophisticated literary adaptations.

Country
Germany
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1980 · aged 72

In the same film or series as Helmut

Hildegard KnefAlso in Under the Bridges (1946)Horst BuchholzAlso in Monpti (1957)Carl ZuckmayerAlso in Der Schinderhannes (1958)Hans AlbersAlso in Captain Bay-Bay (1953)Gustaf GründgensAlso in A Glass of Water (1960)Heinz RühmannAlso in Clothes Make the Man (1940)